This thematic issue of the Italian Journal of Applied Statistics will be devoted to the advancements in the broad field of "Statistical methods for food product quality". Submissions that deal with advances in statistics and applications in this topic, also including data collection, analysis, and interpretation on the topical issues, are welcome. The **new** deadline for paper submissions is January 7th, 2019. For further details, click here.

Everyone who attended Sensometrics 2018 has been given a complimentary membership for the remainder of 2018. Please contact the Sensometric Society Chair if you need assistance activating your membership.

You may either nominate yourself or someone else (with their consent) by sending an email to chair@sensometric.org. A nominee will be considered so long as they are an eligible member in good standing with the society. Candidates will be presented to the membership for a vote at the 2018 AGM, to be held during the 14th Sensometric Meeting in Montevideo.

The Sensometric Society invites applications for Travel Grants & Scholarships for participation in the 14th Sensometrics meeting in Montevideo, Uruguay in April 2018. The application deadline is January 9, 2018. Click here for further details and for a link to the application form.

Contribute to take sensometrics further!Abstracts for oral and poster presentations on advanced data acquisition and statistical methods used in the analysis of sensory and consumer science data are invited. Abstracts should be submitted by December 15th 2017 using the online abstract submission system. Submitted abstracts will be acknowledged by email including a reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Abstracts will undergo a review process. Once the abstract is accepted, the corresponding author will be notified by email before February 1st 2018. At least one of the authors of all accepted abstracts must be registered for the conference before March 15th 2018.